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Parliament has passed the Shs48.1 trillion budget for financial year 2022/23 with post Covid-19 economic recovery high on the agenda. Under the theme “Industrialization for Inclusive growth, Employment and Wealth Creation,” projected revenue base is Shs48.1 trillion to finance the budget. On recurrent expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development takes Shs2.3 trillion, Ministry…
Parliament has observed that the variation in the acreage of land allocated to different investors at Nakawa-Naguru by Uganda Land Commission (ULC) connotes the existence of intentional fraud. The Adhoc Committee of parliament, which has been investigating the distribution of 82.05 acres of Nakawa-Naguru land in its report to parliament, reveals that whereas lease offers…
The Parliament of Uganda has approved a supplementary budget of 617.97 billion Shillings for the 3rd June Martyrs’ day activities, classified expenditure, and Uganda People’s Defence Forces –UPDF operations in Congo. The approval followed a request by Henry Musasizi, the Minister of State for Finance –General Duties. The supplementary budget is for this financial year…
Ugandan leader President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has held talks with former Kenyan Prime Minister and 2022 presidential candidate Raila Amolo Odinga at State House Entebbe. On May 19, Odinga paid Museveni a courtesy call. Also the African Union (AU) High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa, Odinga was returning from South Sudan for the…
Members of Parliament have declined to approve tax exemptions for companies, pending a report on its efficacy, allowing a one-year exception to the Bujagali Hydropower Project, which they have also placed under scrutiny for apparent false accounting. Bujagali, which sought to have its exemptions extended to 2027, will now instead face a forensic audit by…
The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has condemned the manner in which the security operatives arrested the former opposition presidential candidate, Dr. Kiiza Besigye saying it was a breach of human rights. “I watched how Dr. Besigye was being arrested, it was in a brutal way. I did not think that was correct; we need…
Security agencies in Uganda have revealed that the current siege at Col Dr Kizza Besigye’s home is meant to stop him from holding illegal assemblies and processions which they say have potential to spark off riots,looting of shops as well as theft of personal property. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga has stressed that since last week,…
By Alex Esagala Agago: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa has assured spouses of legislators that they are part of Parliament and they need to work closes with the institution. Tayebwa who is also the Ruhindo North MP was on Saturday speaking at the wedding ceremony of Kenneth Orik and Beatrice Akori…
By Alex Esagala Mbarara: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Thomas Tayebwa has asked men not to block their wives from joining positions of leadership, saying keeping them at home hinders their contribution to development. Tayebwa made the request before delivering a written speech of Speaker Anita Among at the burial of Maj (rtd)…
The Archbishop of Gulu, John Baptist Odama has called on aspirants in the Omoro County by-elections to promote harmony. Archbishop Odama urged political parties and their candidates to denounce and desist from politics of divisionism, abuses, and hate speeches as they seek to replace the fallen Speaker of Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah who was the area…
